Auburn coach Gene Chizik paid a visit to Huntsville this evening to speak to the Huntsville/Madison County Auburn Club and, per his routine, spent a couple of minutes meeting with reporters upon his arrival.

(Speaking of arrivals, he arrived at the Davidson Center -- a pretty sweet facility, if you haven't visited the U.S. Space and Rocket Center recently -- in what appeared to be a vintage Tiger Prowl stretch limo).

Anyway, I asked him about his thoughts about Alabama getting placed on NCAA probation last week as a result of the textbook fiasco.

Chizik approached it with a stiff-arm reminiscent of the Heisman Trophy.

"I've got my own issues at Auburn," Chizik said deftly. "I just worry about Auburn."

Still, any time something negative happens to your rival can usually be a positive, right? Especially in the Alabama-Auburn rivalry (or Auburn-Alabama)?